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(No Model.)

M. KILLEEN. COMBINED WASHING AND WRINGING MACHINE.

No. 552,842. Patented Jan. 7, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEETCE.

MARGARET KILLEEN, OF HALIFAX, CANADA.

COMBINED WASHING AND WRINGING MACHlNE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 552,842, dated January 7, 1896.

Application filed July 28, 1894. Serial No. 518,903. (No model.)

To all 1077107711 it y con/667': mediatelyabove this roller-bed two wringing- Be it known that l, MARGARET KILLEEN, a rollers 2 2 are arranged close together. These subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residrollers are of greater diameter than the rollers 5 5 ing at Halifax, in the Province of Nova Scotia, 1?), and are also journaled so as to revolve in 5 Dominion of Canada, haveinvented a new and the side pieces 1 of the rubbing-bed 13. The useful Improvement in a Combined ashing upper roller is, as usual, held down by spiral and \Vringing Machine, of which the followsprings 16, and the shaft of the lower roller ing, in connection with the accompanying is extended through one of the side pieces at drawings, is a full, clear, and exact descripone end, and on this extension a driving-pul- 10 tion. ley 7 is applied for revolving the lower wring- My invention relates to washingand squeezing-roller and causing it to give motion to ing or wringing machines of the washboard endless clothes-carrying belts 3 and adapting type of construction; and my improvements it for being used conjointly with the upper will be fully understood from the accompanywringing-roller for wringing clothes that have :5 ing specification and claims in connection been washed.

with the drawings. The rollers 2 2, as well as those of the roller- By my improvements I am enabled to f urbed, are provided at their ends, inside the side nish the public with a cheap, simple, and conpieces, with circumferential grooves for ac- 7o venient washboard-like washing and wringcommodating the endless carrying-belts and 20 ing contrivance, with which the operation of their appendages. The endless carrying-belts washing may be performed by the aid of me- 3 are provided with spring-clips 3 and are chanical means, or both washing and wriugapplied around the rubbing-bed 13 and the ing may be performed by the aid of such lower wringing-rollerQ, and these belts, with means, or the operation of hand-washing and their clips, during theirmovement are allowed 25 mechanical wringing may be performed by uninterrupted freedom to travel in the said the aid of such. means, and the said machine grooves of the rollers, while at the same time can be used in the ordinary washtub or other they are confined against lateral movement. like water-containing vessel. In front of the roller-bed l3 and the end- In the accompanying drawings, which form less carrying belts a frame 4, provided with 0 a part of this specification, Figure l reprejournaled and revolving rolls l, is arranged sentsa perspective view of my improved con to reciprocate. The side pieces of this frame trivance; Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal secare confined upon the side standard-piecesl tion of the same. by fiat bars 6 whose ends are fastened to the l 1 in the accompanying drawings designate side standard-pieces of the rubbing-bed 13,

5 two standard-like side-supporting pieces of a below and above the reciprocating frame, by stationary washboard, and 13 rollers forming adjustingscrews 10, on which the spiral the rubbing-bed 13 of the same. The lower springs 16, acted upon by nuts 8, are applied. ends of the side pieces are suitably shaped to The adjusting-screws, springs, and nuts serve rest, when desired, upon the bottom of an oras a means for keeping the rollers a of the 40 dinary washtub, and thus allow of the conframe 4: in close spring-contact with the rolltrivance being used in such tub or other suiters 13 of stationary rubbing-bed l3, and also able water-holding vessel. On the back of the for adjusting the pressure of the rollers 4 of standard-like side pieces spring-clips 9 are the frame 4 upon the rollers 13 of the rubbing- 9 5 provided for taking hold of the upper edge of bed 13, and thus a perfect rubbing action 4 5 the tub and thereby holding the contrivance can be insured without injury to the clothes steady when in use. or other articles while being operated upon The rollers 13 of the rubbing-bed 13 are by and between the two beds. The arrangejournaled in the side pieces 1, so as to be free ment of the flat bars 6 and the adjustingto revolve and not bind upon one another, screws is such that the frame 4 is allowed 50 and these rollers are all about the same diamroom to reciprocate to the extent required.

eter, and unitcdly form a long, continuous, For operating the herein-described contrivbut slightly-11ndulated scouringsurfaoe. lm- ,a-nce the following mechanism is provided:

At the top of the standard-like side pieces 1 a crank 12, having two bends or crank-arms between its ends, is applied, and on the outer or extended end of this shaft there is a pulley 7 and a crank-handle 5. From the cranks or bends of the shaft 12 two loosely-connected pitmen 17 are extended and attached loosely to a cross-piece of the reciprocating-roller bed-frame 4, and by these means the said roller bed-frame is reciprocated over the surface of the clothes when the crank-shaft is revolved. Thus connected, the frame 4 is adapted for being swung outward and upward, as illustrated in Fig. 2 by dotted lines,for a purpose hereinafter stated. On an extended end of the lower roller of the rubbing-bed 13 a pulley 7 is applied so that this roller may be revolved and thereby aid the wringingroller 2 in revolving the endless carryingbelts 3. The lower wringing-roller and the lower roller of the roller-bed 13 are revolved by means of an endless belt 11, passed up from the pulley 7 entirely around the pulley 7, then up diagonally to the pulley 7, partly around said pulley, then diagonally to and in contact with pulley 7, and then down to pulley 7 where its ends are united. Instead of using a single belt passed about all the rollers, two belts may be used, one crossed and the other straight.

It will be observed that the lower wringingroll and the lower roll of the roller-bed 13 revolve while the reciprocating roller-bed is reciprocated, and thus, if desired, the clothes when fully washed can at once be passed between the wringing-rollers by a slight direction given to the same by the human hands; or, if desired, they can be removed from the washboard-like contrivance without passing them through the wringer. Again, if the clothes are not passed between the two rollerbeds and are only gently rubbed upon the roller-bed l, they can be conveniently passed between wringing-rollers.

When it is desired to get access to the stationary-roller bed-frame and its rollers, the reciprocating frame can be thrown up to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1 by removing the nuts and slipping the bars and springs off the screws.

In operating with the herein-described contrivance, the reciprocating bed is secured in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, the clothes to be washed are secured to the clips 3 at one end of the roller-bed 13, and the crank-handle 5 is turned so as to set the belts in motion and thereby cause the clothes to be carried between the rolls of beds 13 and 45 and the frame 4to be reciprocated. The result is a thorough scrubbing of the clothes and removal therefrom of all dirt. The clothes are then passed through the wringer and the water thereby pressed therefrom.

\Vhat I claim is- 1. The combination of the two side stand pieces, a series of rollers journaled in said stand pieces, and having rotary motion; a longitudinally sliding frame having rollers journaled therein; bars fastened to the side pieces of the frame of the stationary roller bed adjustable springs for pressing said rollers in contact with the rollers of the stationary frame, a driven roller mounted in the side pieces at the top of the first mentioned series of rollers, a squeezing or wringing roller applied in connection with the said driven roller means for operating the said driven roller, and also simultaneously operating the said sliding frame, all of the said parts being mounted upon the said side pieces, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the two side stand pieces, a bed of rubbing rollers journaled in said stand pieces, endless belts, carrying spring clips, and passed around the bed of rubbing rollers; means for operating a roller at the top of the bed for operating the endless carrying belts; a reciprocating frame having rollers journaled therein, bars fastened to the side pieces of the frame of the stationary roller means for operating said reciprocating bed frame; springs for keeping the rollers of the reciprocating frame in yielding contact with the rollers of the stationary rubbing bed; all of the said parts being mounted upon the said side pieces, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the two side stand pieces; a bed of rubbing rollers journaled in the side stand pieces, the top and bottom ones of which are adapted to be positively revolved, a spring acting roller above the stationary bed of rollers, endless belts provided with spring clips passed around said rollers, and around the driven rollers; a reciprocating frame having rollers journaled therein, means for operating said driven rollers and the endless belts; springs for keeping the reciprocating frame in yielding contact with the rollers of the side stand pieces, substantially as described.

MARGARET KILLEEN.

\Vitnesses:

WILLIAM BILLINGS, W. J. RING. 

